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CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Volume 81, Issue 1, Pages 224-236Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01391.x
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- EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT [P30HD003352] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH [R01MH068857, R01MH068858, R01MH078829, R01MH061285] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE [R01NS034458] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NICHD NIH HHS [P30 HD003352, P30-HD03352] Funding Source: Medline
- NIMH NIH HHS [R01 MH068857, R01 MH061285, R01 MH068858-05, MH078829, R01 MH068858, R01 MH078829] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS034458, R01 NS034458] Funding Source: Medline
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The neurodevelopmental sequelae of early deprivation were examined by testing (N = 132) 8- and 9-year-old children who had endured prolonged versus brief institutionalized rearing or rearing in the natal family. Behavioral tasks included measures that permit inferences about underlying neural circuitry. Children raised in institutionalized settings showed neuropsychological deficits on tests of visual memory and attention, as well as visually mediated learning and inhibitory control. Yet, these children performed at developmentally appropriate levels on similar tests where auditory processing was also involved and on tests assessing executive processes such as rule acquisition and planning. These findings suggest that specific aspects of brain-behavioral circuitry may be particularly vulnerable to postnatal experience.
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